Having a BAD HAIR DAY, so I'm Off to the Salon: This theme threw me for a moment until I wrote down each of the answers and stared at them for a few moments. The last word of each theme answer describes what can be done to one's hair. We had a BAD HAIR DAY last Friday, so today, after getting Waves, Highlights, Treatment, Extensions and Streaks, we'll look Great!
17-Across. Patterns recorded by an EEG: BRAIN WAVES.
23-Across. Items on a TV headline ticker: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS.
35-Across. Passive-aggressive refusal to speak: SILENT TREATMENT.
49-Across. .doc and .pdf, for example: FILE EXTENSIONS.
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56-Across. Uninterrupted periods of success: HOT STREAKS.
Across:
1. All-hrs. cash devices: ATMS. As in Automatic Teller Machines. This is a crossword staple.
5. Flower from a bulb: TULIP. A brief history of the Tulip. We associate tulips with Holland, but they are not actually native to
that country.
10. Hoppy brewpub orders, for short: IPAS. As in India Pale Ales. Another crossword staple. Ever wonder how the India Pale Ale got its name?
14. Langston Hughes, for one: POET. I discovered Langston
Hughes (né James Mercer Langston Hughes; Feb. 1, 1901 ~ May 22, 1967) when I
was in high school and absolutely fell in love with his poetry. [Name
#1.]
15. "Step __!": ASIDE.
16. "Sticky" grain in some sushi: RICE.
19. Native of ancient Peru: INCA. The Incas are probably
best known for the creation of Machu Picchu.
20. Prefix with natal: NEO-. As in Neonatal.
21. Gets the better of: ACES OUT. I am not familiar
with this phrase.
28. WNW's opposite: ESE. Compass points.
29. Draft rating: ONE-A. Everything you wanted to know
about selective service classifications but didn't know to ask.
30. Go up: RISE.
31. Flavoring in a shaker: SALT.
33. Camera letters: SLR. As in Single-Lens Reflex. Another crossword staple. Everything you wanted to know
about the Single-Lens Reflex camera, but didn't know to ask.
34. The Pointer Sisters' "__ So Shy": HE'S. [Name # 2.]
41. Extinct New Zealand bird: MOA. Why did they die off?
42. TSA checkpoint needs: IDs. As in Identification cards,
be it a driver's license or passport.
43. Flat-bottomed barge: SCOW. This vessel appears with some
frequency in the puzzles.
44. Tablet downloads: APPs.
46. Four-award acronym: EGOT. As in the Emmy (Television), Grammy (Recording), Oscar (Film) and Tony (Broadway theater). Viola Davis (b. 1965) is the most recent person
to achieve all of these awards. Earlier this year, she won a Grammy.
Check out this site for a complete list of EGOT Winners.
48. "Yoo-__!": HOO.
53. Extent: BREADTH.
54. Guitar store buy: AMP.
55. Band that headlined the World Infestation Tour: RATT.
Ratt is (was?) a glam metal band that was big in the 1980s. [Name
# 3.]
62. Bordeaux bestie: AMIE. Today's French lesson.
63. Tennis star Naomi: OSAKA. We've seen Naomi Osaka (b. Oct. 16,
1997) in the puzzles before. She is a Japanese professional tennis
player. She was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Haitian-American
father. [Name # 4.]
64. "Iliad" city: TROY.
65. Cards below jacks: TENS.
66. Glossy fabric: SATIN.
67. Related: AKIN.
Down:
1. Widespread PD alert: APB. As in an All Points Bulletin.
2. The Raptors, on schedules: TOR. The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team. Hi,
CanadianEh!
3. Have good intentions: MEAN WELL.
4. Pigpens: STIES.
5. Observed, to Tweety: TAW.
6. New Mexico's country: Abbr.: USA. Some people think that
New Mexico is a foreign country.
7. Actress Tyler: LIV. Liv Tyler (née Liv Rundren; b. July
1, 1977) is the daughter of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler (b. Mar. 26, 1948), although she initially thought Todd Rundren (b.
June 22, 1948) was her father. [Name # 5.]
8. Standard of perfection: IDEAL.
9. Joe of "Home Alone": PESCI. Joe Pesci (né Joseph Frank
Pesci; b. Feb. 9, 1943) is known for playing tough guys, but also does some
comedy and was in not only the Home Alone movies, but
in My Cousin Vinny. [Name # 6.]
10. Idioms used on the Emerald Isle: IRISHISMS.
Apparently Irishisms is an actual word. Hi, Irish Miss!
11. Wine grapes: PINOTS. Everything you wanted to know
about Pinot grapes, but didn't know to ask.
12. Place blame on: ACCUSE.
13. __ belt: SEAT.
22. Gulf Coast bird: EGRET. Egrets are beautiful birds.
There are lots of egrets that hang out in the lake near my house.
23. Loch with a legend: NESS.
24. Actor Morales: ESAI. Esai Morales (né Esai Manuel
Morales, Jr.;b. Oct. 1, 1962) makes frequent appearances in the crossword
puzzles due to the all the vowels in his short name. [Name # 7.]
25. Social media app with video "Reels," familiarly: INSTA.
26. Hanukkah moolah: GELT. Everything you wanted to know
about Hanukkah Gelt, but didn't know to ask.
27. Abolitionist Tubman: HARRIET. Harriet Tubman (1822 ~ 1913) was a former slave who escaped and helped other
slaves escape through the underground railroad. [Name # 8.]
32. Preformatted Excel documents, e.g.: TEMPLATES.
34. Is wearing: HAS ON.
36. Hard-__: unsentimental: NOSED.
37. Slight advantage: EDGE.
38. Neighborhood near Dodger Stadium: ECHO PARK.
39. Morning's end: NOON.
40. Go Fish request: TWOS. Do you have any Twos?
44. Steep-roofed house style: A-FRAME. Chalet is the same
number of letters.
45. Bakery container: PIE TIN. Did you know the origin of the Frisbee?
47. Bygone sovereign: TSAR. Nicholas II (1868 ~ 1918) was
the last Tsar of Russia.
50. Set of guiding beliefs: ETHOS.
51. Language with click consonants: XHOSA. Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
52. "__ man with seven wives ... ": I MET A. On my way to
St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7
cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going
to St. Ives?
53. Pesky tyke: BRAT.
57. Skin design, briefly: TAT. I wonder if he knows his
tattoo spells Matzoh?
58. Compete in the Super G, e.g.: SKI. Everything you wanted
to know about the Super G, or SuperGiant Slalom, but didn't know to ask.
59. Color of khakis: TAN.
60. Colorful carp: KOI.
61. Wd. found in Roget's: SYN. Peter Mark Roget (1779 ~ 1869) led an interesting life, but is best known for publishing
the Thesaurus of Words and Phrases. [Name # 9.]
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
Thank you, Doug Peterson, and thank you, Hahtoolah
ReplyDeleteAnother quickie. Too soon over. Once again, never saw some clues and answers until the review. In fact, I think the only slow down was when XHOSA filled, and I had to double check the perps before moving on.
My wife sat next to lead singer Stephen Pearcy of RATT on a flight from LA to Chicago. Talk about two worlds colliding. Church lady meets heavy metal. She said he was actually very nice. RATT - Round and Round.
We have IRISH (ISMS) and TROY. Only missing MISS for the trifecta !
Thanks for the 'toons, Hahtoolah.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteYesterday took three times as long as this cakewalk. Twasn't at all hairy. That EGRET photo looks like the one we see each morning wading in one of the ponds in our little town. (It's the EGRET that's doing the wading.) Thanx, Doug and Hahtoolah.
ONE-A: In college I was II-S until March of my Sr. year. By summer, I was marching around with a play rifle on the "grinder" in California. The draft lottery didn't start until later.
USA: Geography is apparently no longer taught in American schools. Kids today can't even find the state where they live on a map. Sad.
A POET there is in NEW MEXICO
ReplyDeleteWho thinks word puzzles are the way to go.
In a crossword grid
A poem is hid,
And to find it massages his ego!
A POET there is in the U. S. A.
Who peruses the Jumble day to day.
The anagrams on it
He forms to a sonnet,
And the Wordle a poetic parquet!
Like Hahtoolah, it took me a few moments to grasp the underlying theme, but I eventually did. And like D-Otto, I thought this puzzle was easier than yesterday’s. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Crossword friends
ReplyDeleteD-O: Geography? That's what Google is for! LOL.
QOD: When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me? ~ Michel de Montaigne (Feb. 28, 1533 ~ Sept. 13, 1592), French philosopher
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThe puzzle itself was easy-peasy, the reveal, not so much. It took me several minutes to see the connection, which usually isn’t the case with an early week puzzle. Ratt was an unknown as was Xhosa, but perps were fair. Naturally, Troy and Irishisms were gimmes (Hi, TTP). Doug gave us a clean grid and minimal pop culture, along with a cute, well hidden theme, so thumbs up from me.
Thanks, Doug, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hahtoolah, for a very enjoyable and informative review. As usual, the cartoons were spot-on and my favorites were the Spoiled Brats and the “unhygienic” Evergreen! I thoroughly enjoyed the Irishisms (and the CSO) and could relate to several of them. My immigrant Irish grandmother lived with us for a while and used many of these, plus many more. They seeped into my mother’s vocabulary, as well, so I heard them long after Gran passed. Fond memories.
I had a very surprising experience yesterday at the grocery store. I tried using a gift card which I thought had a balance on it of around $35.00 but it was rejected. The clerk was very helpful and we tried two more times with no success. Apparently, the card required a PIN, which I didn’t have or know anything about. The next thing I know, while I was getting my credit card out of my wallet, the lady behind me told the clerk that she would pay for my order. I had to physically prevent her from swiping her credit card into the reader. I thanked her for her kindness but told her it was completely unnecessary. She said she wanted to do a good deed for Lent. BTW, my bill was just shy of $35.00, so her gesture was more than generous. When I got home, I called the card’s Customer Service number and discovered the card had a zero balance. Apparently, I had used the card twice before, but only remembered using it once. Why I didn’t discard it after the second use is a mystery, but a good lesson learned for the future.
Have a great day.
FIR, despite never getting the theme till I got here. I guess it wasn't needed. Xhosa gave me pause, having never heard of it, but the perps made it happen. Nice Tuesday effort overall.
ReplyDeleteFIR, but erased i saw for I MET. I saw made me erase TROY, then the other perps returned it to its rightful position.
ReplyDeleteRATT isn't quite a one-hit wonder, but close. Hand up if you can remember any of their songs other than Round and Round without looking it up. Me neither.
Not a one-hit wonder Jimmy Buffett has concert goers trained to ECHO "SALT, SALT, SALT, SALT" to his line "lookin' for my lost shaker of SALT". I haven't been to one of his concerts since I quit drinking; I wonder if it is still as much fun sober.
Joe South implored us Yeah, before you abuse, criticize and ACCUSE, walk a mile in my shoes.
ECHO PARK, because Chavez Ravine wouldn't fit.
I use a Go Fish scrubber on my RV's mirrors. It gets the bugs off, won't damage the chrome, and sits on its tail to dry.
Thanks to Doug for the fun, easy puzzle. But as we learned yesterday, Every Rose Has Its Thorns, and this one had the nasty Natick @ XHOSA x OSAKA, which I guessed right. And thanks to Ha2la for another fine, colorful and interesting review.
Took 5:28 for me to get out of the salon today. I had no idea what the theme was.
ReplyDeleteXhosa? On a Tuesday?
Unknowns today included Xhosa (it's worth repeating), Echo Park, aces out, and Irishisms.
Seemed crunchier than usual (tor, taw, amie, imeta, syn, ese, onea, slr, tat, etc.), but the review made up for it.
Hola!
ReplyDeleteMy BRAIN WAVES startled into action when I saw Doug Peterson's name. But he tempered this Tuesday puzzle nicely.
I don't time myself but it likely took less than 15 minutes to complete. Thank you, Doug and Hahtoolah for the fun. I always enjoy your cartoon choices.
XHOSA was a surprise and I'm thankful for the perps that filled it.
RATT is unknown to me but also emerged.
Since people often drop NEW from states such as New Jersey and NEW Mexico, they then mistake New Mexico for a foreign country.
i think I'll go back to bed.
Have great day, everyone!
An easy puzzle today for a FIR. Thanks, Doug! I found the theme with no trouble and was reminded that I need a simple haircut soon. My only WO was changing an O to the H in BREADTH and XHOSA. I knew it didn't look right but it took a minute....
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, you outdid yourself today with a remarkable review. As usual you found fun cartoons that fit the fill perfectly. You offered extra information for more learning moments, too. Well done. I wasn't familiar with the expression ACES OUT either but you showed it's been around a long time. Thanks!
Enjoy your Tuesday, everyone!
ReplyDeleteFIR easily. Only RATT and ECHO PARK were unknown but perped and wagged. I was reading beastie instead of bestie for a while. We say pie pan or pie plate, never pie tin.
I never thought of hair, so I
missed the theme.
In the news, a telephone order taker tried to charge a lady from New Mexico the rate for foreigners. Talk about not knowing geography.
Sierra Nevada, an IPA, my favorite beer.
Fortunately I have heard of XHOSA with its click consonants. I doubt I could pronounce them. I also have heard of OSAKA. I believe she appeared here before.
We had our first plowable snow last night. We have had many days this month with a high in the 50's.
Good Morning! Lovely puzzle today. Thanks, Doug. I always like when the NW fills easily, then the rest followed smoothly until I got to the SW. Inched my way through it and FIR! Yea!!, no WOs today. DNK RATT, XHOSA or OSAKA, but perps & WAG to the rescue.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hah2lah, for a fun and informative recap. Grumpy Maxine is always a chuckle.
Even easier'n yesterday. A hold up from bad fill in the SW, eventually perped. I knew it couldn't be but seemed like a themeless puzzle, didn't see it....
ReplyDelete"Bad HARE Day"
Inkovers: tenet/ethic/ETHOS , heron/EGRET, chalet/AFRAME, gnat/BRAT.
"Iliad" and Irish M city, Troy,
A group named RATT? headlined at a "World Infestation tour"? (Lead singers named Bedbug & Cockroach? ...😆)
Hope winning all EGOTs doesn't lead to EGOTism.
STIES? coulda sworn it was STYES on a recent puzzle ("STYES" for the more sophiscated swine? 🐷). Never heard ACESOUT (sounds like Poker-speak)
Apparently polygamy is legal in St Ives.
That bird is extinct, it is no____ MOA.
Sign where sex workers are prohibited in the Big 🍎....NOHO 🤭
Synagogue dinnerware....TEMPLATES
Too narrow: bad _____ BREADTH
Great toons H2LH
Tons of snow overnight, now melting and freezing. Lots of falls = busy ER
I agree with others, quite an easy puzzle, and I had only a vague feeling of the connection between the long answers. Once Hahtoolah revealed it, I loved it. By the way, besides the other funny cartoons, I really liked the one about the discrepancy between imagined hair and reality.
ReplyDeleteI happened to know XHOSA because I’m reading a series of mystery novels by Deon Meyer, an Afrikaner writer, set in Cape Town , SA. For those who like mysteries, I highly recommend those jewels of great writing and, for me, enlightening revelations about life in SA.
I might not be able to post in the next few days since I’m having cataract surgery tomorrow. I see Jayce must have survived his since he’s still with us. LOL. Unlike him, I’m having the surgery one eye at a time.
Musings
ReplyDelete-First day back at work after surgery. It helps that the kids here are great!
-A podcaster I listen to always refers to 1634 – 1637 TULIP madness in Holland when he talks of silly fads that become ridiculously expensive and then go away.
-Name that tune “When you see him comin’, better step ASIDE. A lotta men didn’t and a lotta men died”
-BREADTH – Our Platte River is said to be “a mile wide and an inch deep”
-TENS are usually the make-or-break cards in blackjack
-Kawhi Leonard was traded to TOR and led them to an NBA Championship in the one year he played there
-The pitch of roofs in Waukesha, Wisconsin really stood out when we visited there
-Big Bang – Sheldon had to explain that the tattoo Penny had on her buttock was the Chinese symbol for soup and not courage
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Doug and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time and saw the Hair Salon endings. (I almost switched my theme guess to Spa Days with TREATMENT, but switched back to the tresses with the last two themers.)
ACES OUT and RATT were unfamiliar to me too, but I have heard XHOSA and OSAKA.
I saw the CSOs to Irish Miss.
we had HOO but Misty will have to add the Woo (instead of Yoo)!
I’ll accept the CSO for TOR, plus a second one for HARRIET Tubman. The linked article mentions nothing about her time in St. Catharines, Ontario., where she lived for over ten years. (“ In 1868, when asked where and why she guided the freedom seekers, Harriet Tubman said, "I would't trust Uncle Sam with my people no longer; I brought them all clear off to Canada.")
The Salem Church was a meeting place and source of help for those slaves fleeing via the Underground Railroad. It is being restored as a crucial part of our black history.
SalemChapelHarrietTubman
More flowers than TULIPs come from a bulb. I currently have a beautiful red amaryllis gracing my table.
I noted BRAT, RATT and TAT, ONE A, TWOS and TEN., APS and AMP.
IPAs crossing PINOT.
Wishing you all a great day.
Thanks for counting the people's names but there were other proper names : Extinct bird -Moa, Bordeaux Bestie-Amiens, big apple nabe-Noho, moolah- gelt, neighborhood near Didger Stadium- Echo park, and Xhosa.
ReplyDeleteRATT and ECHOPARK were unknown. I happened to know XHOSA, saw XH___, groaned internally, and rolled with it. Overall slightly easier than yesterday, I think.
ReplyDeleteCanada Eh. Harriet Tubman and other slaves fleeing the South had to get to Canada because of the federal Fugitive Slave Act which forced capture and return of escaped slaves even in Non Slave states. So Canada was the only really safe place to head for.
ReplyDeleteHG-16 Tons. Monday on a Tuesday today, and still managed to FIW. otaka and Xhosa looked just fine to me! Theme? There was a Theme?
ReplyDeleteOops. XhoTA.
ReplyDeletePrayers and best wishes, Tante Nique, for successful surgery tomorrow. Please let us know how you're doing afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI thought the theme must be about hair after I had BRAINWAVES and NEWS HIGHLIGHTS. XHOSA seemed wrong and computer clues for INSTA and FILE EXTENSIONS are unknown to me. TULIP reminds me of visiting the flower auction in Aasmeer in Holland. It is the largest sale of flowers that are brought in from all over the world. They are bought, often put on airplanes (which are on the bottom level of the enormous building) and flown out to various countries. Flowers purchased there today would be on the streets of NYC and LA tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteTante Niue @ 10:04 Been there, done that - a piece of cake! Good luck!
HG @ 10:04 Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford.
JINX 2 7:35 Knew RATT but not their music.
IM @ 7:29 Also had IRISH grandmother many grandmothers back from Northern Ireland. B-1712 —D-1812 —100 years! I’ve been to her grave so I know it’s true.
To prevent being listed as ONE A, all male students had to join ROTC in college. Did any of you veterans have to march with “sponsors” (women students) when you were ROTC?
YELLOWROCKS @ 9:29 Someone once told me “There is no West Virginia, you must mean the western part of Virginia, “
Gary, Like CE said, Tennessee Ernie Ford, in the original rap song Sixteen Tons. Jimmy Dean's Big John was the other original rap song. Culture appropriation!
ReplyDeleteBTW, CSO to Charlie ECHO.
LeoIII, I was thinking of you last week at lunch at my favorite Ocala Mexican restaurant. A P3 Orion was doing a racetrack pattern overhead. Being from Norfolk, I'm used to seeing these aging beauties overhead, but this one had civilian markings. A four-turbo plane is a big maintenance load for private ownership, so I looked it up. Turns out that the plane belongs to a company contracted to DOD to, among other things, train German air crew on that proud bird.
Tante Nique- hope all goes well with the surgery tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Alto California (AKA "California") I remember George Burns doing a commercial with a bit that stated that the business could be found in West Covina, and George added "even East Covina." (There isn't an "East Covina".)
ReplyDeleteAnother company had a couple of dolts bragging about their planned exploits. One said that he was going to drive out of the country on the LA to Canada Freeway. There isn't such road; it was the La Canada (pronounced lah can-YA-da) Freeway.
Here they have a Port Richie and New Port Richie, but not an Old Port Richie. Nearby is Old Tampa Bay, not to be confused with Tampa Bay. And back home, there is a New Point Comfort and an Old Point Comfort, the latter named just plain ole "Port Comfort" by the Jamestown settlers.
Jinx- I grew up near the now closed Glenview Naval Air Station. The last few years of operation hosthe only lottery i everted a P3 wing, so they were a familiar sight. Made it over to Waukegan harbor a couple of times to watch salvagers bring in a WWII Hellcat, and a Corsair from the bottom of Lake Michigan. Over 90 aircraft were lost in carrier training in the lake.
ReplyDeleteONE A. I drew a low number in the first draft lottery (the only lottery I ever "won") and was in the army by April, and in Viet Nam by September. Fun, travel, and adventure!
Ray-o@10:44- we in Canada have an imperfect history re slavery also. But we were ahead of the USA in banning it. February is Black History month here and I always learn more. We must understand the past to appreciate the present and improve the future.
ReplyDeletehttps://humanrights.ca/node/153
Thanks for the good wishes. Everyone tells me cataract surgery is a piece of cake.
ReplyDeleteWhen I said I know XHOSA I was not claiming to know the language, only that I knew the name. Although way back when I was in college a German professor who had traveled through Africa taught us two words in XHOSA. I still remember them, click and all.
Just cancelled my subscription to the Ocala newspaper. They canceled Dilbert, I canceled my business.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah leads the way as we explore Mr. Peterson's PZL.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this XWD thoroughly. 19A INCA reminds me of the time we spent at Machu Pichu, an extraordinary place, the ruins of a once thriving metropolis high in the Andes.
How easy it is for tourists today to reach it and to enjoy the luxury of a modern hotel on the edge of the town.
But imagine the thunderous shock felt by the first of the 20th century explorers to finally reach their goal. Until they saw it, they couldn't be sure the rumors were true, of a "city in the highest peaks."
~ OMK
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DR: Three diagonals, near side.
The central diag's anagram (14 of 15 letters) is one letter shy of its most appropriate rendition. Please excuse me while I borrow that missing letter--a "C"-- from elsewhere on the grid.
With that explanation, today's anagrammatic phrase refers to the way some starlets grip those little statuettes during the ceremony and the after-parties once a year,
OR,
the manner in which MPAA handles its balloting procedures.
In either case, they...
"MANHANDLE OS(c)ARS"!
Parsan, when I was in college, ROTC was not mandatory in order to maintain a II-S draft classification -- you just needed to maintain a passing GPA and remain enrolled in a degree program. On the other hand, joining ROTC would guarantee that you'd be going to active duty immediately upon graduation. In our freshman year there were mandatory ROTC orientation lectures for all male students. Each service got a "shot" at recruiting. It was the early '60s, and there was a lot of anti-Vietnam-War sentiment on campus. There was little interest in being recruited, and the audience didn't give them much chance to "lecture." The talks were supposed to last a full class hour, but I never attended one that lasted more than 15 minutes before the lecturer threw up his hands in frustration and told us to get the hell out of there.
ReplyDeleteTante Nique, good luck tomorrow. You’ll do just fine, just like Jayce!
ReplyDeleteCharlie Echo, apologies for a very belated welcome!
Ray O, you never told us if the missing chocolates were ever found!
DO @ 2:18 Very little resistance in the ‘50s although many hated it. ROTC was a scaled down air force wing and an army regiment (3 battalions, 16 companies). They “Pass(Ed) in review” weekly on the training field. After graduation they were committed to 2 years of 2 weeks training in the national guard. I think I got that right. A woman sponsor marched with the leader of each group, supposedly to keep up morale. Can you imagine? That seems so silly now that women can enlist in all of the services.
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ReplyDeleteMy local paper, along with the rest of America, canceled Dilbert as well. Good for them, I didn’t notice and won’t miss it a bit.
IM. ...DW found the missing chocolates two days after Valentine's Day. I polished them off in just under 2 days. I was a bit offended. Half were white chocolate, an abomination which should be illegal.
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle. Doug Peterson is another talented constructor for whom I have a high regard.
ReplyDeleteThe only answers I had to change were AONE to ONEA and NOMA to NOHO.
Speaking of IRISHISMS, we once lived next door to a sweet woman who always referred to me as "Dearie pie." (She was the wife of Costa Boris, who was the personal valet to President Herbert Hoover.)
Tante Nique, do I recall correctly that this will be your second eye operation? If so, you know what to expect. If not, let me once again give you encouragement that it will be quick and painless. The worst part is the preparation and then the eyedrop regimen afterwards. I wish you well. By the way, I will be getting my new glasses in a couple of weeks. (I need them for astigmatism correction as well as for focal length focus for reading and computer work.) I hope I never lose the wonder and delight of again being able to see whiteness and colors so brilliantly. Our son's wife paints, and I'm looking forward to viewing her work again with, literally and figuratively, new eyes.
Good wishes to you all.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR on the computer, of course. I figure that my computer time is far longer than if I did it in pen on paper ... nevertheless, it was a pretty fast solve today
WEES, a couple of the words were a bit obscure (XHOSA / ECHO PARK / IRISHISMS) but as Irish Miss said, the perps were fair
Hah2lah: enjoyed the recap - thanks for the link to the origin of TULIPs. Oh, and to answer your question about the St. Ives riddle ... just one, I think
Delightful puzzle, many thanks, Doug--it was a real pleasure. And Hahtoolah, your commentaries are always a delight, along with the sweet funny pictures, thanks for those too.
ReplyDeleteTried to come up with a clever comment with words like "poet" and "tulip" and "satin", but my "brain waves" just aren't up to it today. But just thought I'd let you all know--as an "aside".
Good luck on your surgery, Tante Nique.
Enjoy the rest of your day, everybody.
Jayce @4:41. It will be my first but your encouraging words and detailed description were very helpful.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
I learned something new today, namely how to pronounce Hahtoolah. The first syllable is pronounced like the first syllable in Hannukah, which is often spelled Channukah for very good reason. So is hahtoolah sometimes spelled chatulah. I learned it is pronounced ha-too-LAH, with the emphasis on the last syllable. I've had it wrong for years. By the way, a male cat is Hahtool, or chatul, which, as I recall, was Hahtoolah's previous handle. Pronounced ha-TOOL.
ReplyDeleteRe. SEAT Belt…
ReplyDeleteKramer
Stopped short thus raising the IRE of Frank Costanza
ECHO PARK was new although probably not for LATimes subscribers. Btw, did you see LAT among many others has canceled Dilbert? My Citrus Chronicle substituted something called "Crabgrass "
Montaigne preached "Change should be slow in coming(gradual)"
A lot of synchronicity lately. Today is Joe South's B'day and… speaking of giving up drinking …
Chris Kirk is thankful for sobriety. And…
I've seen SAMI twice since we just had it
RATT, XHOSA were all perps but generally a speedy fill and the usual charming hahtoolah write-up
HG: Big bad John?
WC
-Here’s the song and singer that warns you should step ASIDE
ReplyDeleteThank you, Doug, for your puzzle and Hahtoolah for your always-fun write-up! The tree comic was my favorite today. I did not see the theme until my grid was filled.
ReplyDeleteI noted the TWOS & TENS.
More numbers ... 2,802 on their way to St. Ives. (I used to pose this one to my 7th graders.) 1 me + 1 man + 7 wives + 49 sacks + 343 cats + 2,401 kittens. Another way to look at it is 400 'sevens' plus 2.
I got a little excited when C-Eh! said she'd take a CSO for HARRIET. I thought we finally learned her name. Then I kept reading.
Best wishes for your procedure tomorrow, Tante Nique!
Jayce: You are quite right on the pronunciations. The "ah" ending makes the cat in the feminine.
ReplyDeleteI agree with C. Moe. Only one person going to St. Ives (you). The rest were met on the way to St. Ives and presumably coming from St. Ives.
ReplyDeleteFIR. I got all of the theme answers fairly quickly, but I forgot to look for their link. If the unifier is not part of the puzzle so that I can highlight it, I often forget to look for it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Doug and Hahtoolah!
Jinx, nice catch! I’m sure I have a photo of one or two of the P-3s somewhere, but I have my photo catalogue all messed up, so….
Right now, we’re seeing the semi-annual migration of the Kenn Borek Air DC-3s returning to Calgary from Antarctica. They usually stop at KHOU for gas. Of course, they didn’t bother to tell me they were coming, and I wasn’t at the museum to get any photos. I'm pretty sure all of them have transited through, so I don’t think I’ll have another chance until they head back south in the fall.